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By Steven Rich, Melanie Bencosme, Nikolay Nikolov and James Surdam•May 24, 2025

Killings by the police didn’t go down after George Floyd’s death and the protests that followed — they went up. Steven Rich, a data reporter, explains his findings and what may have contributed to the increase.

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